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Misinformation vs Science: Hurricane Lies, Climate Truths, & Fat Bears
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On this episode of Unsolicited Perspectives, Bruce Anthony is breaking down some wild conspiracy theories, like the one Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans are pushing about the government controlling hurricanes. Spoiler alert: President Biden and pretty much everyone else with common sense shut that down fast. But that leads Bruce into the real deal—how climate change is actually making hurricanes worse. He talks about how warmer oceans and rising sea levels are fueling stronger storms, like Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and why we need to get serious about sustainable solutions. #climatechange #hurricanes #fatbearweek #misinformation_buster #unsolicitedperspectives
To keep things light, Bruce mixes in some easy-to-follow analogies so even the tricky climate science stuff makes sense. And then, just when you think it’s all heavy topics, he switches gears to chat about 'Fat Bear Week'—yeah, you heard that right! It's a fun, interactive event in Alaska that raises awareness about wildlife conservation. By the end, Bruce hammers home the point: fighting misinformation and making responsible choices are key if we want to handle climate change and protect the planet.
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Chapters
00:00 Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives
01:00 Clearing Up Misconceptions About Weather Control
05:29 Political Misinformation and Its Impact
08:35 Misinformation vs. Truth
20:58 Understanding Climate Change
26:31 Analogies to Simplify Climate Change
32:14 Understanding Climate Change Through Analogies
33:51 The Economic Dilemma of Climate Action
34:27 Individual Actions for Combating Climate Change
39:33 The Role of Policy and Advocacy
45:28 The Educational Value of Fat Bear Week
55:35 The Importance of Learning and Teaching
56:45 Closing Remarks and Call to Action
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Introduction to 'Unsolicited Perspectives'
00:00:10
Speaker
Welcome. First of all, welcome. This is Unsolicited Perspectives. I'm your host, Bruce Anthony, here to lead the conversation in important events and topics that are shaping today's society. say Join the conversation and follow us wherever you get your audio podcast. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch our video podcast. Great review. Like, comment, share, share with your friends, share with your family. Hell, even share with your enemies.
Republican Misinformation and Hurricanes
00:00:34
Speaker
On today's episode, we're going to be talking about Republicans, some still spreading misinformation. Then we're going to be talking about the current hurricanes that are hitting the
00:01:00
Speaker
So, we're not done with some. I'll give Republicans credit. Some Republicans, not all of them, a large segment of the Republican population is actually combating against misinformation. But which particular misinformation am I talking about? Am I talking about election denial? Because, you know, a lot of them still ain't fighting that. No, I'm talking about misinformation when it comes to these hurricanes. Let me explain.
00:01:36
Speaker
So Biden yesterday had to address Marjorie Taylor Greene, who continually goes in on this controlling of the weather. Y'all know me and my sister talked about it and Marjorie Taylor Greene believes that the government can control the weather. So this is all credit from NBC News.
00:01:53
Speaker
On NBC News, President Joe Biden delivered a stark warning Wednesday about the dangerous hurricane barreling towards Florida. He shot down misinformation about the storm, including one particular conspiracy theory propagated by Republican and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. Biden said, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Congresswoman from Georgia, is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather.
00:02:21
Speaker
We're controlling the weather. It's beyond ridiculous. It's so stupid. It's got to stop. Even one of Green's GOP colleagues, Representative Carlos Jimenez of Florida, wrote in response on X Wednesday morning, humans could not create or control hurricanes. Anyone who thinks they can needs to have their head examined.
00:02:48
Speaker
It doesn't matter that Biden and even GOP colleagues are saying, yo, the government doesn't control no weather. There's not no weather wizard. when Like, why why would the government do this in the first place? Well, she contended in a previous ex-post that it was because they were trying to manipulate the election. And, OK, the conspiracy theorist in me says, well, the government can you know can and has manipulated elections before.
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Weather Control Claims
00:03:21
Speaker
But we're talking about controlling the weather. But once again, that was something that she posted last week
00:03:27
Speaker
But she doubled down this week. This is what she said. Well, some of them are listed on the NOAA site, as well as most of the ways weather can be modified because they are required to report it to the Secretary of Commerce by the Weather Modification Act of 1972. She posted this on Twitter. What she's referring to when she's talking about the NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She continues that NOAA government website has a library catalog of 1,026 entries of weather modification, but that's not all of them. She even continues by saying this.
00:04:14
Speaker
If your family or business or property is damaged or a loved one is killed by their weather modifications, she said by their weather modifications, shouldn't you be eligible for compensation? After all, did they ask you if you agreed to our weather being modified? Who would see JG Wentworth? they do You are eligible for compensation?
00:04:42
Speaker
What the hell is she talking about? This is an elected official that's out here believing, as my sister said, some gargamel up on the top of a mountain that has is with the weather nadir that's controlling the weather. And then doubles down for idiot people who believe this type of thing. Because believe me, there are people out there that believe this.
00:05:09
Speaker
are now gonna try, but mark my words, they're gonna try to sue the government for compensation because they believe that the government has controlled the weather and created these hurricanes. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
00:05:29
Speaker
Biden continued on to respond because he has to, because this is a representative that has a big megaphone that's spreading misinformation. This is what he said.
00:05:44
Speaker
Green's conspiracy theory was among the reckless, irresponsible, and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies over the last few weeks. The president said that it is undermining rescues in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and he accused former donald former president Donald Trump of leading the onslaught of lies. Hey, remember,
00:06:07
Speaker
Trump got a whole other group of lies that he's got going on with FEMA and weather and all this other this type of stuff, right?
Biden's Response to Misinformation
00:06:16
Speaker
This isn't even the Audrey Taylor Greene stuff, which is bad in and of itself, but you have a person who is running for to become the president of the United States ah again that is spreading baseless and reckless conspiracy theories.
00:06:34
Speaker
Biden continued, assertions have been made that property is being confiscated. That's not true. He said, they are saying people impacted by these storms will receive $750 in cash and no more. That's simply not true. They're saying the money is needed for these crises is being diverted to migrants. What a ridiculous thing to say. It's not true. So in summation,
00:07:05
Speaker
Not all, but some of the prominent Republicans are spreading misinformation to people who are believing it like they believe the big lie. And it's hindering the process of saving people and getting help to the people that need help that's been devastated due to not one, but two hurricanes. You know, everybody on this show, i mean everybody that's listening and watching this show knows I'm a huge fan of Superman. Typically, you'll even see me with a Superman shirt on. Today, I don't have a Superman shirt underneath the sweatshirt. It's a Macho Man Randy Savage shirt. Shout out to Macho Man Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth.
00:07:54
Speaker
But in the story of Superman, Krypton is destroyed. There are several different variations of why Krypton is destroyed. But the basic premise is they've used all their natural resources. The planet is dying.
00:08:10
Speaker
And there are people that won't believe Superman's father, Jor-El, that the planet is dying. That's the reason why he sends his only son to Earth because he realizes the planet is dying and nobody is listening. And you know what happens as soon as he sends his ah son to Earth? The planet explodes because people were too stupid to listen. I'm going to get into the hurricanes in the second segment.
00:08:41
Speaker
But people are too stupid and they listen to misinformation instead of listening to the truth. You've got doctors out here and experts in their field and you do a Google search and think that you can combat anything that these experts are saying. You're not smart enough. Sorry, you're not smarter and smart enough because you don't have enough knowledge in what the hell you're talking about. But you think you do.
00:09:12
Speaker
And now you're causing issues to those people that need help because you're spreading misinformation and you have elected officials, both Republican and Democrats, that are having to come out and say, yo, stop believing these lies on social media. It's hindering the process. We're trying to get help to people and help
Trump's Claims on Kamala Harris Interview
00:09:30
Speaker
people. Stop calling at the office asking us if we're stealing lithium from chimney rock.
00:09:37
Speaker
People are stupid as hell. But you know what, though? You know who these group of people are led by? They're led by one man, Donald Trump. And I'm not done getting on Donald Trump because Donald Trump is claiming that Kamala Harris' 60-minute interview was heavily edited.
00:09:52
Speaker
i You might not know what I'm talking about. Kamala Harris did an interview on 16 Minutes that aired. She's been doing a lot of interviews lately to get her policies out there because I still had people to come. I had a gentleman yesterday come and talk to me. He was like, I don't know what she stands for. I was like, she's got a website. Just go on the website. Just go on the website. That's all you got to do. Where's the website?
00:10:13
Speaker
literally just type in her name and her website pops right up. And it'll have a whole list of her policies. who Will that be what she actually does? I don't know. We always have to take politicians for what they say that they're going to do. Do you believe what Donald Trump is going to say that he does? Because he said that he's going to do some things and then lied or those things didn't get done. I don't even know why this, I don't even know why this is a decision. People are so stupid. I swear the older I get, the less filter I have,
00:10:41
Speaker
And I'll just point, I'll just tell you straight to your face, you dumb as hell. I do it to people all the time. And, you know, I don't think I'm better than anybody, but I damn sure know that I'm smarter and more intelligent than a lot of these people out here. But anyway, this is courtesy of the Huffington Post.
00:10:57
Speaker
All this information I'm about to give you give you is courtesy of the Huffington Post. So what did Donald Trump say? The former president Donald Trump has alleged without offering any supportive evidence, which is, you know, typically his MO, that the vice president Kamala Harris interview with CBS News 60 Minutes was grossly sliced and diced. Those are his words, grossly sliced and diced to make her look more presidential and coherent when answering questions. Huh.
00:11:27
Speaker
looked it was edited to make her look more coherent and presidential when answering questions or or she could just be presidential and coherent that seems like this more logical but he just stopped there in a true social post earlier wednesday november 9th The Republican president nominee, Donald J. Trump, said Harris's answers were virtually incoherent and edited. These are truck these are Trump's words that they're virtually incoherent and edited. But he did say before that her answers were coherent and more presidential. But what he's trying to say is is that her answers were incoherent and and were edited to make her seem coherent. but These are his words. These are his words on his true social.
00:12:24
Speaker
He says as many as four times in a single sentence or thought that there were cuts and edits to make her seem more coherent and presidential. Without explanation explanation, he went on to say that the alleged editing could be a major campaign violation. These are, once again, his words on Truth Social.
00:12:45
Speaker
The public is owed eight capitals, all capital letters, by the way. Major and immediate apology, exclamation point. This is an open and shut case and must be investigated starting today. This is what he wrote on his true social. If it's an open and shut case, why must it be investigated? If it's open and shut, then it's pretty clear. So why does it need to be investigated?
00:13:11
Speaker
and i don I don't trying to understand what the hell Trump means when he says the things that he says makes my brain hurt because I don't okay, however Of course, when news organizations have reached out to the campaign and him, he didn't want to respond back. He didn't want to say nothing. And this is all coming after he canceled his 60 minute interview because ah he was going to be fat checked. it if a person if ah If a person is telling you a story and then other people
00:13:46
Speaker
in the vicinity of when he's where he's telling you a story. Know the story as well. And they are interjecting to say, no, that's not what happened. And that person says, hey, don't fact check me. Are you gonna believe what that person is telling you happened in that story? Or are you gonna be like, well, wait a minute, if they were there as well, why can't they fact check you?
00:14:11
Speaker
I mean, they're saying that what you're saying didn't happen. Why should I believe you were not them? He's literally saying, and this was, you know, Van saying that the debate, I thought we weren't going to be fact checking here with that as a saying. and And some people that are backers of them will try to make excuses.
00:14:31
Speaker
But what is clear is what they're saying when they're like, I don't want to be fat checked, is I'm about to lie to you and I don't want to be called out on my lie.
The Dangers of Political Misinformation
00:14:40
Speaker
That's what they're saying. Can you think of any other logical explanation of why you wouldn't want to be fat checked?
00:14:49
Speaker
Not fat check, because nobody wants to be fat checked, right? Don't nobody wants you coming up to do them, pinching your stomach. That's called fat checking. That's rude. F-A-T checking, that's rude. Don't do that, right? But fat, F-A-C-T checking, what's a fat or fiction, right? Like fact or fiction. True or false, as they say, right? What's real and what's fake.
00:15:19
Speaker
Don't you think you should be called out on that? So he declined to do the 60 minutes interview because he didn't want to be fact checked. And oh, by the way, he thought that he was feet treated uns unfairly during the 2020 interview and decided he wasn't going to do it. Also, he decided, even though CNN has said, hey, we'll put y'all both up and we can do a second debate. He's also declined to do a second debate. You know what's scary?
00:15:49
Speaker
is I don't know if he believes what he says or not, but if he does believe what he says, he has this weird, overexaggerated idea of himself. The reason why Kamala Harris looks more presidential and coherent is because she is, and he,
00:16:18
Speaker
It's not. Play the sample. We know that he's not coherent. He likes to say that he weaves. Look, I'm somebody who actually legitimately weaves. If you listen to the show and you watch the show, you know that I have a topic. I go all around and I bring it all back. That's the teacher in me, right? To go and take you down these different roads to get you to think about different things and to bring it all back to a point.
00:16:44
Speaker
But there's a plan to that. There's a method to my madness. When I turn on this microphone and start speaking, yes, I don't have a script, right? I have an idea of where I'm going with everything. And sometimes I may get off topic, routinely happens with me and my sister, but I bring it all back to a point, the main point that I was trying to make. That's what he's talking about with his so-called weaving, but he doesn't do that.
00:17:14
Speaker
They ask him a question about fracking, and he's talking about, we gonna do tariffs. Two things, though. What? if i If you ask me who won the basketball game, and I'm talking to you about ah asteroids, right? Because like that's how that's how so far off the subject he could be sometimes. You're like, Bruce, what the hell are you talking about asteroids? I asked you about the basketball game. Yeah, but did you know about these asteroids? You're going to think maybe I'm special.
00:17:51
Speaker
And and not in a good way, right maybe I'm special if I do something like that but He's not coherent and he's damn sure not presidential and he hates the fact that this black woman is More coherent and presidential than he is You know what?
00:18:09
Speaker
Not all Republicans are like this. They were once a whole group of solid Republicans. Didn't necessarily agree with them on policy, but they had reasonings for the reason why they believed a certain way. They thought that this way was the best way for America. And you know what? If you can back that up, even though I might not agree with you, I'll respect you.
00:18:36
Speaker
When all you're doing is saying that your opponent is not intelligent, not coherent, but yet you are exhibiting those very things, I have no respect for you. And for those people that are voting for him, because I had to shut somebody down yesterday who was talking about they were voting for him, I said, cool, you can, and this is a free country, you can vote for exactly whoever you want. That's our democracy. However,
00:19:03
Speaker
There is nothing in our democracy, Constitution or anything otherwise, that says that I have to associate with you. I don't associate it. I don't associate with stupidity and ignorance, and therefore I won't be. So I guess I just won't be you know dealing with half the population in America. That's okay, because for most of my life, half the population in America didn't want to deal with me anyway. And they even had laws to try to make sure that they didn't have to deal with me.
Climate Change and Hurricanes
00:19:33
Speaker
We're not going back. That's what she says. And I'm with her. And if you want to ride with him, cool. It's a free country. But you're dumb as hell. That's my unsolicited perspective that I'm just giving to you. You're the one listening and watching this show.
00:19:47
Speaker
You knew what I was going to say. You knew where I was going. But anyway, it's so funny that we're talking about the hurricanes and the weather wizard and weather nadir and controlling the weather and the government has control over the weather that I'm going to talk about the hurricanes. I'm going to talk about how climate change and environmentally environmental sustainability are deeply connected with the hurricanes. And I'm going to get into that next.
00:20:26
Speaker
So we've had some for real hurricanes. Helena and Milton have been tearing us up over the last couple of weeks. And unserious people like Marjorie Taylor-Green and Donald Trump will say that the government is controlling the weather that's causing these hurricanes. But in actuality, climate change environment and environmentally sustainability are what's deeply connected with the frequency of these intense extreme weather events, including these last two hurricanes. So you thought I was just going to talk about the hurricanes. I am going to talk about the hurricanes, but more importantly, I'm going to talk about climate change.
00:21:06
Speaker
Now, some people listening to this are like, Bruce, another lesson? Yes. I'm going to teach another lesson just like I did a couple of weeks ago when I was talking about childhood trauma. And then when I gave a history lesson on the Republican party, yes, I'm a teacher at heart. That's what I do. Okay. So I'm going to try in my very best way to teach the importance of climate change and how this is affecting us, right?
00:21:36
Speaker
And then I'm gonna give you the i'm go give you the raw facts and then I'm gonna give you several analogies. I got six of them. I got six analogies that'll hopefully simplify the complicated subject of climate change. All right. So how are howard complicatedlicate how are is how complicated is this? This is very complicated so complicated. I can't even get the words out right. Okay. How connected are is climate change and hurricanes? Well, we have warmer oceans now.
00:22:09
Speaker
What does that mean? Climate change has led to a rising sea surface temperatures, which provide more energy for hurricanes, making them stronger and more destructive. Basically, warmer waters can increase the intensity of storms leading to higher wind speeds and more rainfall. We also have rising sea levels.
00:22:33
Speaker
As global temperatures rise, you know, because last summer was the hottest summer of all record and next summer will be the hottest summer on record. Right. So as global temperatures rise, polar ice melts and sea levels increase. Higher sea levels contribute to more severe storm surges and coastal flooding during hurricanes.
00:22:56
Speaker
It also leads to increased rainfall. A warmer atmosphere holds more more holds more moisture, leading to heavier rainfall during storms. This can result in significant flooding, as seen with the recent hurricanes, Helena and Milton. But let's specifically talk about the hurricanes, Helena and Milton. Hurricane Helena.
00:23:22
Speaker
made a landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, causing widespread destruction across multiple states. The storm's intensity and resulting damage were exasperated by the warmer ocean temperatures and higher sea levels. Hurricane Milton recently was downgraded to a category one storm, so that was good, but initially made landfall as a category three. Milton has caused significant flooding and power outages affecting millions of people. The storm the storm's impact highlights the ongoing challenges posed by climate change. All right, that's climate change, right? What about environmental sustainability?
00:24:11
Speaker
Addressing climate change through sustainable practices is crucial to mitigating the impact of such extreme weather events like the two hurricanes that we just had. So it's not the government controlling weather, sort of, not with some weather machine to create hurricanes.
00:24:32
Speaker
But it's our policies and the things that we do as people in the world that are causing these things. How can we help? We can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning to renewable energy sources, improving energy efficiency, and adopting sustainable transportation can help reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.
00:24:59
Speaker
we can enhance resilience by building resilient infrastructures, improving early warning systems, systems and implementing effective disaster response plans can help communities better withstand recovery from hurricanes. I don't know, like building the infrastructure better and maybe funding FEMA better.
00:25:25
Speaker
Maybe Republicans shouldn't vote down increasing money for FEMA? I don't know. Maybe that's just a thought. Also, we need to protect our natural ecosystems. Preserving wetlands, manor groves, and natural barriers can reduce the impact of storm surges and flooding.
00:25:46
Speaker
These hurricanes cause a lot of flooding. By understanding the link between climate change and extreme weather events, we can take informed actions to promote environmental sustainability and protect vulnerable communities. Look, this topic not only raises awareness, but also encourages proactive measures to address the root causes of climate change. Now, I gave you all all that.
00:26:13
Speaker
And maybe your eyes glossed over like you're back in school and your teacher or professor is giving you a lecture and they're just saying big words like environmental sustainability and greenhouse effect. And you're like, Bruce, what the hell does all this mean? Like I said at the beginning, I got six analogies to make it easier for you to understand.
00:26:36
Speaker
The first analogy is athletes and steroids. Y'all know about athletes and steroids. There are still some people in baseball that should be in the Hall of Fame that's not in the Hall of Fame because they were suspected of steroids because steroids do what? Supposedly enhance their abilities. Okay, so what is the correlation? How can you make this analogy, Bruce? Don't worry, I'm gonna get there. Climate change as a performance enhancer for hurricanes.
00:27:06
Speaker
Imagine a hurricane just as an athlete. Under normal conditions, this athlete trains and competes at a certain level. However, when you introduce performing and enhancing substances like steroids, the athlete becomes stronger, faster, and more powerful. This is similar because climate change acts like a performance enhancer for hurricanes.
00:27:30
Speaker
You need more examples, so don't worry about that, I got you. Warmer oceans, right? Warmer oceans. Just as steroids increase an athlete's muscle mass and strength, warmer ocean temperatures provide more energy to hurricanes, making them stronger and more intense. Increased moisture.
00:27:50
Speaker
Climate change causes the atmosphere to hold more moisture, so similar to how an athlete on steroids can perform more intense workouts. This extra moisture leads to heavier rainfall during hurricanes. What about higher sea levels? Remember, this is all part of the intensity of extreme weathers that have led to things like Hurricane Helene and Milton.
00:28:16
Speaker
Rising sea levels driven by climate change are like giving an athlete a better starting position. This makes storm surges more severe just as a better starting position could give of an athlete an advantage in the race.
00:28:32
Speaker
Seems like y'all still not getting it. Well, okay, let's see if these other analogies can connect. Okay, let's let's try this. Think of the earth as being wrapped in a blanket.
00:28:43
Speaker
This blanket is made up of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. Normally, the blanket keeps us warm enough to live comfortably. You know, we're snuggling on the couch in the bed, watching Netflix, bingeing Netflix, probably got some tequila, maybe tequila, champagne, popcorn, some snacks, something. You wrapped up in your blanket and you're feeling comfortable, right? Okay. However, as we burn fossil fuels, we add more layers to that blanket.
00:29:12
Speaker
trapping more heat and make it earth too warm. So kind of like, you know, when you land in the bed or on the couch and you keep adding more and more blankets and then you over here at the night, I know I have had many girlfriends spend the night They get hot because y'all be getting, y'all run weird. You know, I'm not saying that y'all are weird or anything, but just temperature. No, y'all run hot a lot of times and you run cold sometimes. Y'all run cold and hot. I don't really understand women, even though I love y'all so very, very much. But there have been a lot of times that a young lady, excuse me, mama, a young lady has been spending the night in my bed.
00:29:52
Speaker
right And I sleep with the comforter year round, but I also got fans blowing all over the place. And it's too hot for them, and they kick the covers off of them, off of themselves, because it's too hot. This is the same thing as the greenhouse gases, right? Eventually, if we don't get control of this, this earth is gonna get hotter and hotter, and they gonna kick the legs out, kick the legs out, kick the covers off. The only problem is, kick the covers off, ain't gonna make us cooler. It's gonna cause a major problem.
00:30:23
Speaker
Are y'all understanding now? I still see some people in the back that don't quite understand. That's okay. I got more analogies. I told you I had six. Okay, so imagine a bathtub with a water running. If the drain is partially blocked, is's all we've all had that before. if a If a drain is partially blocked, this represents the natural process of the planet removing CO2, carbon dioxide, okay?
00:30:50
Speaker
the water level, the CO2 in the atmosphere will rise, right? If we keep adding water or similarly burning fossil fuels, eventually the bathtub will overflow causing a mess. This is the same thing as adding too much CO2 to the atmosphere will lead to climate change and messy consequences. see You see what I'm saying with the overflow and bathtub?
00:31:18
Speaker
Y'all not hearing me, y'all not hearing me. Okay, okay, okay, okay. I got this one, I got this one. Consider the earth as having a fever. We all had a fever out there, right? Just like the human body, the earth has a natural temperature range. When it gets too hot, it could cause problems. Climate change is like earth running a fever, which can lead to severe symptoms like extreme weather, melting ice caps, and rays of sea levels. So think of it as you got a fever,
00:31:49
Speaker
Cause you sick, and then your nose start running, your throat start hurting, you start coughing, stomach is queasy, all that stuff. Yeah, ah that's the same as extreme weather and melting ice caps and rising sea levels.
00:32:09
Speaker
Y'all still not getting it. Okay, okay, some of y'all still not getting it. I'm gonna give a couple more analogies. Maybe y'all get this, okay. Think of the earth as a garden. If you over or fertilize it, adding too many greenhouse glass gases, right? The plants or the climate systems can become unhealthy. They might grow too fast, wilt, or even die. Similarly, too much CO2 disrupts the natural balance leading to climate change. Are y'all getting it now? Are y'all getting what I'm kicking out? Do y'all understand what I'm saying?
00:32:50
Speaker
All right, okay, look, for all my adults out there that are driving, this last analogy, this one should hit you. Okay, imagine the atmosphere as a highway, right? We all been on the highway. Normally cars, in this scenario, talking about climate change, cars represent heat, can move freely, right? But if there are too many cars,
00:33:18
Speaker
which would mean greenhouse gases, traffic jams occur, trapping the cars and causing delays. Similarly, access greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere leading to global warming. Look, I can't make it no simpler than that. This is a serious issue. And the reason why we're having these hurricanes is because of climate change, global warming. I just broke it down for you.
00:33:49
Speaker
But there's some people out there that are just going to believe what they want to believe. And and it's really the reason why they believe like they want to believe is the very same reason why I don't want to give up Diddy. I'll explain. See, giving up Diddy means I can't listen to music anymore. Trying to combat climate change means that we got to give up some stuff that we really enjoy.
00:34:15
Speaker
Combat and climate change requires a combination of individual actions, apologies policy changes, and technological advances. What do I mean by individual actions? These are the things that hit us all close to home, such as reduce, reuse, and recycle. By minimizing our waste, by recycling and reusing products, we reduce consumption, which helps lower the demand for new products, which in turn reduces greenhouse emissions. But you understand why people will combat that, right? Our whole economy is based on waste and attaining.
00:34:55
Speaker
If we're hoarding and not spending money and not getting new products, it'll damage the economy. That's the reason why people are against climate change. It messes up the pocket. Look, the majority of the people in this country, I've learned, especially as I got older, vote on their pocketbook.
00:35:13
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Money is what's important to them. Even these so-called Christians. Money is the number one thing that's important to them. Not the values, not the morals, the money. And I get it. Money is like we kind of need it. And life is expensive. And we do need to stimulate the economy. So I understand why they would say, you know, I don't want to deal with climate change. It's the same reason why I don't want to watch the Michael Jackson documentary.
00:35:41
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I don't want that to take away my feel good. A lot of these people there feel good is being able to have money and go and do things. And the only way that that help is we have a stable economy. It's selfish. It's self-centered. It's also real.
00:35:57
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I don't know what the right answer is, but what is the difference of having a whole bunch of money? and You can't take it with you. That's what I always tell people. You can't take it with you. What's the difference if you have all this money and all these resources and all this comfort? If the world is burning. All right. What are some other individual actions? Energy efficiency.
00:36:18
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Use energy efficient appliances and light bulbs and insulate your home to reduce energy consumption. Simple actions like turning off lights when not in use can make a big difference. Now I have energy efficient products. I have energy efficient lights.
00:36:34
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I, however, have my lights all on with different colors. it's That's taking up a lot of energy, and I know it is, because my utility bill is ridiculous for a one-bedroom, one-bath place. It's absurd. I spend sometimes as much as a house, because I got video games and TVs on. I need to do a better job as well. I'm not just attacking other people out there. I'm attacking myself. Like, I need to do a better job as well. But just to let you all know, I've been recycling.
00:37:02
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since I was in my twenties. Recycling is cool, but you know you need other stuff as well. Sustainable transportation. Now I have personally taken this on. Opting for walking, cycling, public transportation, or even electric vehicles instead of driving fossil fuel powered cars. Carpooling and reducing air travel also help in lowering our carbon footprint.
00:37:27
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This is another one, this next one is another one that's hard for me to deal with. And it's dietary choices. Eating a plant-based diet or reducing meat consumption can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with livestock farming. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not going on no plant-based diet.
00:37:50
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Like that's not gonna happen. I've gone into a couple of vegan restaurants. First of all, they're expensive as hell. That's number one. Number two, it's all right, but not all right all the time. It also says you can reduce your meat consumption. What is reducing? I'm a 200 and actually 30 pound man, you know, cause I cut some of the obese down. I'm a 230 pound man. In order to sustain my muscle mass, I had to at least consume 150 grams of protein a day.
00:38:20
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You know how much meat that is? I don't like to eat beans. you know Beans is a you know a bodily instrument and when you eat beans. Y'all know what I'm talking about. I don't want to do that. b But once again, these are selfish reasons, and that's what I'm trying to get to you. look I'm an example of somebody who doesn't do certain things that could help our environment for selfish reasons.
Actions for Global Sustainability
00:38:50
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I am not singling out anybody. I'm talking to all of us collectively. Because these hurricanes and what people are facing is real. This is real life. As Massapee would say, this is real life, this is reality. And there are some things that we need to do.
00:39:08
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in order to make a better life, not just for us, but for future generations. And we need to also, for our last individual action, support renewable energy. If possible, switch to green energy providers that use renewable source sources like wind, solar, or hydroelectric power. power There are some other things that we could do, and this is called policy and advocacy.
00:39:37
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What we all should be doing is being politically engaged, advocating for policies that promote renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon reduction should all be on our plate. We should support the leaders and initiatives that prioritize climate action.
00:39:58
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There's also corporate responsibility. Encourage businesses to adapt sustainable practices and reduce their carbon footprints. Support companies that come are committed to environmental sustainability. Remember I said that earlier, environmental sustainability? Yeah. We need to back the companies that are actually trying to promote that.
00:40:22
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And we also need international cooperation. We need to support global agreements and collaborations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as the Paris Agreement. And I know sometimes we don't really rock with the French like that, but that Paris Agreement, that Paris Agreement is all right.
00:40:43
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We also need to keep on with the technological advances. Renewable energy, right? Wait, lo I said it early. We must invest and support the development of renewable energy technologies like solar wind and geothermal power. These sources produce little to no greenhouse emissions. Now, granted, power companies are a huge lobbyists out there, and they don't want to lose their power. Call all these things, all the fossil fuels that we use, at all these things. They have a huge political muscle. They're also destroying this planet. Carbon capture and storage support technologies that capture and store carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes and power plants.
00:41:32
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and agriculture promote sustainable farming practices and technologies that reduce emissions from agriculture, such as precision farming and methane capture. Now, if y'all want to know what those are, go ahead and look that up. They were real complicated. And I don't know if I could came up with an analogy that could explain it better. But I will say sometimes our farming Like when I said, when we need to reduce our our are you know meat consumption and go to plant-based, not completely go to plant-based, but just reduce our meat consumption. Livestock farming is is a key ingredient to greenhouse gas blowing up. Not technically blowing up, but becoming a problem here on this planet.
00:42:22
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We also need to be educated, right? As evident by Marjorie Taylor Greene and a lot of people that are anti-climate change, and okay? Educate others about the impacts of climate change. That's what I'm doing right now. And the importance of taking action. That's also what I'm doing right now.
00:42:42
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You gotta to use social media, I guess this would be on social media, community events and educational programs to spread the word and participate in or support local environmental projects such as tree planting, community gardens, and cleanup drives.
00:43:00
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Look, by combining these efforts, we can make significant progress in combating climate change and protect our planet for future generations. Because isn't that what it all about? The future generations, even if you don't have kids, because I don't have kids, right? I don't. But they got nieces and nephews and cousins that are going to have kids that I care about and I love. We all have people that are going to be in the next generation that we love. And I know we think it's so far down the road But it's not. Like if we don't get a handle on this, we're going to destroy the planet. Or they're typically rapidly. So would we want to give the next generation the same or better opportunity than us? I would assume that we would want to give them better opportunities than us. But at the very least, would we want to give them the same?
00:43:55
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I don't know, this is just my thought. But every action counts, and together, together, we can create a more sustainable and resilient world for the future, for the kids. Even if you don't like kids, you don't want nothing bad to happen to kids, I know you don't, because we are all for the kids. We are all for feeding them and taking care of them. So stop thinking about ourselves. And I'm including me in that. Stop being so selfish.
00:44:26
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Do a little bit. Even a little bit can go a long way.
00:44:38
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Y'all know I like learning. I like learning about things that are interesting to me. i didn't I never had trouble in school. I was just off the board in school, because certain things just weren't interesting to me. You know what's really not interesting so yeah interesting to me? Geometry.
00:44:54
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Nothing about it is interesting to me. You know what isn't? What also isn't? Trigonometry. Chemistry was kind of cool. Biology, I guess, was kind of dope. um Geology? Not interested at all. Astronomy? Not as fun as I thought it was going to be. But the world at large? History? Oh, I love it.
00:45:15
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Learning can be fun. And it was interesting because this week I came across something that was really dope and a learning experience.
Fat Bear Week and Ecosystem Education
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And I'm talking about fat bears. You need me to give you more detail. I got you covered. Don't worry about that.
00:45:32
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There's an annual Fat Bear Week contest in Alaska's Kitamai National Park. Don't quote me on that. It's Katamai or Kitamai. It's Alaska's National Park, okay? It's an annual celebration. Fat Bear Week is held every October at the National Park in Alaska. I'm not gonna try and say that name again. It celebrates brown bears' impressive weight gain as they prepare for winter hibernation.
00:46:01
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There's a public voting situation. The event features a tournament-style competition where the public can vote online for their favorite bears based on their size and weight gain. The bear with the most votes is crowned the Fat Bear Week Champion. Why was I drawn to this? Because of the educational aspect of it.
00:46:23
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Throughout the week, virtual visitors can learn about the Bears lives and ecosystem of the national park through live events and educational content hosted by explore dot.org. So Trump says that he weaves. I'm weaving here. Are y'all following where I'm going with this?
00:46:46
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as I've talked about climate change before, and now I'm talking about fat bear week and how this particular instance gives an education on the ecosystem and why bears hibernate. like that We're all connected in this earth. you know I often say, why the hell do we need spiders? Well, we do need spiders. Spiders have, they fit in the ecosystem because they eat certain things.
00:47:14
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We need mice because they eat certain things. We even need roaches because they take care of certain things. Everything is connected. Whatever we do is connected to the next person, even if it's not directly. It could be indirect. So it's so cool to learn about things that you never really think of that's connected to us.
00:47:42
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and why it's so important to learn about the bear's lives in the ecosystem. Because climate change, as I said earlier, is melting the polar ice caps. You know who that's affecting? Polar bears. Go look at some of these videos where these polar bears are malnourished and skinny and they're dying off. It's all related to climate change. So these type of things like fat bear week,
00:48:11
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are good education, especially for kids, because it puts it in a fun atmosphere. You're going to vote tournament style to see which bear is going to be the chubbiest before they get to hibernation. Now, you tell anybody out there now that didn't know about this, because I didn't know about that until this week. Now, I want to participate in Fat Bear Week, and I want to learn about bear hibernation. Y'all pay attention to Shark Week.
00:48:35
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Don't watch Shark Week. Y'all watch Animal Planet all the time. You know you're interested in and and animals and and the the the jungle and the kingdoms and all that stuff. People still cry because Mufasa fell off that damn rock. You're still crying off of that. all thats All that stuff is connected. Learning is fun, ladies and gentlemen. That's what I'm basically trying to say. Learning is fun.
00:48:58
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Anyway, of course, because there's voting and there's interaction, some of these bears become famous. I dig these names. Some bears like 32 Chunk. Now you can't call no person 32 Chunk.
00:49:12
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But you can call a fat bear 32 Chuck, 32 Chuck and 128 Glazer. And I don't know like why they came up with that name. That name is kind of weird. 32 Chuck, I kind of dig. 128 Glazer, I'm not feeling that name. But anyway, have become fan favorites over the years. Each bear has a unique story and personality, making the competition more engaging.
00:49:36
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It's a trick to get people to learn and to understand how the environment and the things that we do affect not only us, but other living organisms out there. There are conservation efforts. this is what our This is another thing that I really dug besides the educational aspect of it. Fat Bear Week also highlights the importance of conservation.
00:49:57
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The events raise awareness about the bears habitat and the challenges they face, encouraging support for the national park and its wildlife. You know, like challenges that they face just because we keep doing ill stuff, man. Like we're affecting things out there all because you want to drive your super SUV.
00:50:21
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All right. I mean, F-150s do look cool, but I'm just saying. I think they got some electric ones now, I think. Don't quote me on that. I don't know. What's also dope that I learned this week as is is this is a global participation. So people from all over the world participate in Fat Bear Week, making it truly a global event and a great way to connect with nature and learn about wildlife conservation in a fun and interactive way.
00:50:49
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Why did I bring this story up? One, I thought it was in a i thought it was interesting. right now i just love I want to continuously say fat bear week. I want to say fat bear week for the rest of my life. ah Because I just think that's dope. But I love the fact that they took something really simple and that happens every year. Bears preparing to hibernate. right Something so simple.
00:51:16
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And they made it a competition of who could get the chubbiest. And they brought people in, and in the process of bringing people in for this simplistic, competitive thing, right? Because you can always bring people in to a competitive event because we're naturally competitors, right? We naturally want to win. We want to win and want to be right. That's human nature. We want those two things. So they bring them into this competition. And in the process, theyli they slide a little bit of that but knowledge.
00:51:49
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Whether you realize or not, you ain't even signed up for that. You signed up to to look at fat bears. But next thing you know, you learned about their natural habitat. You learned about the national park. You learned about conservation. You're learning about their environment. You're learning about why they do the things that they do. Why do they need to hibernate? Why do they need to gain weight before they go into hibernation? You're learning. And it's a fun, dope way to teach people.
00:52:19
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That's kind of how I tried to do things with the analogies. I mean, it's not as fun as voting on a fat bear in a tournament-style setting. You felt, OK, I get that. I understand that. But me, as the heart of me, a historian and an educator, have always tried to find ways to relate what I'm trying to convey to make it understandable for you when sometimes, sometimes, when I say the words right, I'm talking about complex topics. It's easy to understand a complex topic when you can make it relatable to you. The relatableness of Fat Bear Week is just a tournament. It's just competitiveness.
00:53:11
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And then maybe if you have kids, you bring your kids in to look at the bears. Like who doesn't love bears from a distance? From a damn distance. Who doesn't love bears? And don't like looking about and learning about them. Everybody loves to learn about bears, right? So maybe if you got kids, you bring the kids in.
00:53:31
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And then your kids learn something and have, I'm going to ask a lot of my parents out there, how often do your kids bring something home from school that they study in or something like that? And you got to help them with their work. And you learn something new. And you're like, oh, that's pretty cool. Maybe you might jump on the Google machine, type it in, learn more about it.
00:53:50
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I often do that when I'm watching a movie or TV show or reading an article or jump on a Google machine to learn more about it. I fall down these rabbit holes because I'm a nerd and I like learning. And we all like learning. We just like learning about things that we want to learn about. But they tricked you into learning about fat bears by producing a tournament to judge the bears based on them gaining weight and in the process, you don't not only learn about the bears, but you also learn about their environment. I tricked y'all by saying I was going to talk about the hurricanes and I did, but I talked about the hurricanes in relation to climate change and how that's affecting us as a whole. And you really can't deny the oceans are getting warmer, the earth is getting hotter,
00:54:41
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Storms are becoming more and more extreme. That's just the case. Like, that's just the stone cold facts. And there are some things that we can do even if we don't like them to change that. Well, I don't know if we can reverse it. We can slow the process down on a little bit. We can do that. I don't know how far we can slow it down, but we can slow it down a little bit. And yeah, it ain't gonna be easy. Nothing in life is easy. Nothing that's worth anything in life is easy.
00:55:11
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But in that, the beauty, when you do something, when you set a goal, you set a challenge, and you accomplish it, knowing that it wasn't easy, but you were determined to reach that goal to conquer that challenge, and you did it, it's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing. So look, ladies and gentlemen, I'm never gonna stop teaching. I'm never gonna stop challenge y'all to learn because I don't stop challenging myself to learn. And in some ways, it could be super fun like Fat Bear Week. In other ways, it could be a lecture like the beginning part of the segment of climate change. And in other ways, I can create multiple analogies that can make it a little bit more digestible and understandable to you.
Challenges in Changing Minds on Misinformation
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And then I can always bring it back to our current politicians who don't believe in it, who believe in a weather nadir, as my sister would say, that controls the hurricanes to hurt people.
00:56:15
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Okay. Yeah. Those people want to believe that there's not too much logic I can give them to change their mind. They're fixated on that point. But maybe, maybe some of y'all listening and watching out there, I hit a few of you. You think about it a little bit more. Maybe you go to sleep. Maybe you go and you Google fat bear week. I encourage it. This was really insightful. I really enjoyed it.
00:56:41
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But on then they on that note, ladies and gentlemen, not that Nate, I don't know what that Nate is. On that note, ladies and gentlemen, great I want to thank you for listening. I want to thank you for watching. <unk> tackle stay And until next time, as always, a holler.
00:57:00
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